Re:Show HN: Kill The Landline
by larrys on Saturday September 29, 2012 @04:36PM
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"I dont think you can port a existing land line to google voice like you can with a mobile #."
Correct.
However you can (I did) do this:
1) Move the landline to your cell phone provider (assumes you have a family plan, if you don't convert to one for the time necessary to do the other steps).
2) Once the number is at the cell phone provider you can transfer it to google voice (and get rid of the family plan if you didn't have one). Took a few weeks.
3) You can buy an http://obihai.com/ device if you want to be able to hook up a traditional POTS phone to get the calls. Or you can just make and receive calls at the google voice website.
Note: I did this with the cell phone provider being AT&T. I would assume it will work with other cell providers but it does with AT&T.
Correct.
However you can (I did) do this:
1) Move the landline to your cell phone provider (assumes you have a family plan, if you don't convert to one for the time necessary to do the other steps).
2) Once the number is at the cell phone provider you can transfer it to google voice (and get rid of the family plan if you didn't have one). Took a few weeks.
3) You can buy an http://obihai.com/ device if you want to be able to hook up a traditional POTS phone to get the calls. Or you can just make and receive calls at the google voice website.
Note: I did this with the cell phone provider being AT&T. I would assume it will work with other cell providers but it does with AT&T.